re: The best sidekick in late night is a robot: Geoff on Ferguson's show.

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The best thing that Ferguson has going for him is the same thing that Dave an Conan had going for them when they were on in the later time slots. And that is that the network doesn't pay them much attention. So they can experiment, be whacky and offensive. And the audience is not large enough to offend many people.

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I think all this is true. But I think that a great part of the show w/ Ferguson is that he seems to bring out great entertainment from his guests. I think it's the only time you get a glimpse of their real personalities. I think that is in large part attributable to Ferguson's dynamic personality that he simply gets these reactions from his guests on the fly.